Bristol Palin and her fiancé Dakota Meyer have abandoned their plans to wed over Memorial Day Weekend, just two months after announcing their engagement.
“Bristol and Dakota couldn’t be more thankful for the love and support of family and friends over the past months while preparing for their wedding. They have informed loved ones that unfortunately the announced celebration planned for May 23 will not be held,” Bristol’s mother, Sarah Palin, wrote Monday in a Facebook post.
The former Republican vice presidential nominee included a message from Bristol Palin in her post. In the message, Bristol Palin addressed speculation that the wedding was called off due to Meyer’s previous marriage:
Regarding salacious headlines in recent days about “secret wives”, Dakota and I discussed our past relationships prior to our engagement. Dakota was legally divorced years ago, as any good reporter could and should have disclosed to readers. As usual, false stories and dramatically written headlines begging controversy should be disregarded, and we have faith that our privacy will be respected at this time by those with decency. Thank you! – Bristol
Gossip site Radar Online reported over the weekend that Meyer, an Army sergeant and 2011 Medal of Honor recipient, married another woman in 2008. The website couldn’t confirm whether or not the two had since been divorced.
Bristol Palin herself previously had been engaged twice to Levi Johnston, the father of her 6-year-old son Tripp.
The couple still plan to get together with friends and family the day of the abandoned wedding, according to Sarah Palin’s Facebook post.
“The Palins and Meyers are happily looking forward to still being at ‘the old Kentucky home’ on May 23 to celebrate life, in general!” she wrote. “Family members and close friends know they are welcome to share a great bar-b-que on the farm that day.”
